After seeing it in action for a couple months, I wasn't really happy with how Room Four turned out. It was just too plain and unfinished looking. So I set the minions on a new project: paint the whole thing in dazzle camouflage, floor to ceiling. It's that sweet spot between Cubism and Naval warfare! The trick is to point a video projector at the wall, then trace it. But it's going to take weeks. They've gotten one small section finished so far, and I love it. With all the mirrors in that room, it's going to look amazing. It might be a little reminiscent of the Keith Haring mural that used to adorn the walls of the lounge. History! Dazzle Ships, in addition to being the best album by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, were military vessels early in World War II that were painted not to conceal but to confuse: with these overlapping stripes, it was very hard to estimate size, range and heading. This was a big deal before the invention of Radar. Here, […more…]

This is the pic that I always think of when the term urban warfare comes up:

Israel_B
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2014-09-03T17:42:49Z —
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319 moneys?! I want it but not that much.

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About the AuthorHardy Blechman, the Creative Director of Maharishi, a fashion design company, has been influential in the proliferation of camouflage and combat pants in civilian fashion over the past decade.

Wonder if he worked at Blue Ant?

boingboing
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2014-09-06T20:22:12Z —
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